Basketball K God

Chapter 377 Defensive Problem
In the Mavericks team, in the playoff rotation, the 2/3 positions are Stevenson, Jason Terry, Sean Marion and Peja.Among the four, Stevenson is the most suitable for Xie Kai in terms of age and figure.However, although Stevenson's body is good, his defensive skills are not particularly outstanding. At least from the actual situation, he can't defend against Xie Kai.In this way, if you want to limit Xie Kai, let the other three defend, it will not be better than Stevenson.

Everyone has seen the effect of Marion and Terry defending Xie Kai, and they have completely become cash machines.Peja hadn't tried to guard against it, but with his old man's moving speed, if he did, it would probably be the road in the early morning, so he could just cross it.

Carlisle was in a bit of a difficult situation. In the last round against the Lakers led by Kobe, he had never been so embarrassed.It's not that Xie Kai is better than Kobe, but that the oppression brought by this Grizzlies team is stronger than that of the aging Lakers team.

On the Mavericks side, there is no strong attack from the boxing champion!

The Black Bear accepted the rebound and handed it to Conley to advance.

"Tyson has been bad at low post attacks since he entered the league!" Mike Breen said.

Jeff Van Gundy nodded and said: "He is a defensive insider, and his offensive skills have not improved much over the years."

Conley dribbles over and runs the offense at the top of the arc.

"I'm not mistaken, Dallas has changed the way of defense, using zone defense!" Mike Breen said in surprise.

"Well, it did change, they used zone defense against Memphis!" Jeff Van Gundy said.

Zone defense is not unique to FIBA ​​games. Since the beginning of this century, NBA has also allowed zone defense, which will affect the offensive power of breakthrough players to a certain extent.But why NBA team defense is still not used much, one is that the NBA has 3 seconds of defense, and the other is that NBA players have stronger personal abilities.

In FIBA ​​games, there is no defense for 3 seconds, so that the big man on the defensive side can stay comfortably under the basket and protect the frame. It is very effective to defend against those teams whose outside shots are not so unsolvable.But the NBA is different. With 3 seconds of defense, the big man can't shrink under the basket for a long time to protect the frame, which makes the zone defense more difficult.Moreover, the NBA advocates personal ability, personal offense, and the court area is large. Some stars can shoot against defenders.

But it is undeniable that the zone defense is very effective in restricting breakthroughs. Once a breakthrough player enters the zone defense area, it seems to be double-teamed all the time.

There are two keys to breaking the zone defense. One key is to have supporting players in high positions, and the other key is to have shooters outside the 3-point line.

Without shooters and high-post support points, zone defense is almost the most unsolvable defensive method, unless your team has superstars who can play 2 or even 3 in one.

The Grizzlies reacted very quickly, and the sister-in-law immediately mentioned high-level support, which is what he has been doing.

Conley distributed the ball to Xiao Jiasao, who responded in a high position.

Xie Kai, Conley, and Battier spread out the space, not concentrating on the strong side or the weak side, but spread out naturally, while the black bears are lying in ambush near the baseline, ready to catch the ball and attack the frame at any time.

The little sister-in-law transferred the ball to Xie Kai without the ball, and Xie Kai turned Battier again!

Open, Battier 3-point shot - almost hit!
But the Black Bear under the basket grabbed an offensive rebound and succeeded in 2 offenses!
The difference is in double digits!
The Grizzlies fans in the stands enthusiastically waved the white handkerchiefs in their hands. For a while, the whole court was covered by white handkerchiefs, looking very imposing.

"It's a pity that the ball missed the 3-pointer, but the rebound was grabbed by Zach!" Mike Breen said.

"There really isn't much to do about it. One of the disadvantages of zone defense is grabbing rebounds." Jeff Van Gundy said helplessly.

The game continued, Nuo Tianwang made a jump shot to help the team temporarily stop the bleeding.

Conley dribbled the ball over and gave it to the high-positioned White Bears, continuing to attack and defend.

As soon as the outside line was transferred, the ball went to Battier's hands again.

Battier did not disappoint the fans this time, and steadily hit 3 points, widening the point difference to 11 points, the highest so far in this field.

Mavericks timeout!
The screams of the fans at the scene became louder and louder, as if they were going to explode the arena.

The players on the Grizzlies were very happy. They clapped their hands, bumped their chests, and the excitement was self-evident.They have reasons to be happy. Facing the Mavericks who are No. 3 in the Western Conference, they currently have an advantage in the Western Conference Finals, and the situation for advancing to the Finals is very good.These words are not alarmist, because the other party has not been able to solve Xie Kai's point so far.

"Dallas' zone defense experiment, it seems that the effect is not very obvious at present, but it gives the opponent a chance to easily shoot 3 points!" Mike Breen said.

"Dallas is a team that is good at and prefers zone defense among the 30 teams in the entire NBA. I think the reason why Rick didn't use zone defense until G3 is because the opponent actually has the conditions to break zone defense. You Think about it, Mark's high-post support ability is considered to be at the forefront of the league's starting centers, Zach's offensive ability is also at the forefront of the league's No. 4 positions, and Kane, Mike, and Sean on the outside all have stable 3-point shooting capabilities. If you want to put up a zone defense in front of such a team, unless the opponent's outside line is completely out of alignment, it is really difficult to be effective."

"Jeff, do you think Rick has no choice but to use zone defense?" Mike Breen asked.

"I can't say that. He should still try. The current series situation is not good for them, but it is not the time to retreat. But one thing is true. At present, none of them is very suitable for defense. Kane's players, that's far worse than losing a game!" Jeff Van Gundy explained.

In the second half of the second quarter, the Mavericks finally gave up using the zone defense and returned to the previous man-to-man defense.But the score was still not close. At the end of the half, the Grizzlies led their opponents by 2 points 54:42.

Xie Kai scored 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in the half, and his performance was still very explosive.

"Jeff, what do you think Dallas needs to do in the second half to catch up to those two-digit points difference?" Mike Breen asked.

Jeff Van Gundy thought for a while and said: "They need to limit Kane, but not just pinch to limit. If this is the case, with Kane's current ball speed, let Sean Battier shoot 3 Dividing the ball is not a good choice. I think if possible, try to dig deep into the bench to see who has a better defensive effect. You can also use team defense to limit as much as possible. In addition to the defensive end, I think Dallas needs to play better on the offensive end, scoring 42 points in the half, no matter how good the defense is, it is not qualified. With such an offensive performance, there is no possibility of winning.”

(End of this chapter)